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Across

14. a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River

15. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

16. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)

18. being of use or service

19. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948)

20. a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character

22. a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine

24. a globular water bottle used in Asia

25. inability to walk

26. physiologically ready to incubate eggs

27. (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin

29. of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture

30. move along on _____s

32. an Iranian language spoken in _______stan and Pakistan; the official language of _______stan

34. activity characterized by good humor

38. an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government

39. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

41. carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles

43. the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr

44. declared as fact; explicitly ______

50. a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years

51. among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters

52. (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions

53. eaten as mush or as a thin gruel

54. dip into a liquid while eating

55. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

56. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture

58. a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public

59. go after with the intent to catch

60. a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

62. an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning

63. a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

64. a language of Australian aborigines

69. retire from military service

71. an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

72. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

75. a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name ______)

80. a short passage added at the end of a literary work

82. small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns

83. Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949)

84. the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve

85. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

87. with everything included or counted

88. (of tempo) slow

89. a Native American tent; usually of conical shape

90. the central pillar of a circular staircase

91. music composed for dancing a ____

92. a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European

93. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969)

Down

1. supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

2. a friend or comrade

3. a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

4. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

5. the sign language used in the United States

6. position 12 in a countable series of things

7. city in northeast Pakistan

8. a violin made by Nicolo _____ or a member of his family

9. a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline

10. large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses

11. a waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling

14. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

17. relating to or having the characteristics of bees

21. a Loloish language

23. having a squat and fleshy build

28. a herd of whales

31. wood duck and mandarin duck

33. an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business

34. coat with a lacquer, as done in _____

35. related on the mother's side

36. sharpen on a _____

37. United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the _____ coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)

39. the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania

40. a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq

42. grope or ____ in search of something

43. small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists

45. the basic unit of money in Western Samoa

46. at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship

47. tastelessly showy

48. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

49. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)

51. a master's degree in religion

55. any of several tropical American palms bearing ______ nuts

57. a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots

59. a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

61. thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs

62. an order of Eutheria

64. showing your contempt by derision

65. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

66. German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as ______'s syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969)

67. provide with a new lining

68. English novelist; oldest of three ______ sisters (1816-1855)

69. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

70. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

73. a dish that contains _____ as its main ingredient

74. place in a grave or tomb

76. a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

77. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)

78. a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff

79. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

81. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)